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Nuns from Valea Bistritei Monastery build house for 7-children family

The nuns from Valea Bistriței Monastery are building a house for a needy family with seven children, ages 7 to 15. The monastery announced the project in August, noting that it was undertaken with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia. The monastery asked for funds from any who wanted to help,…

Nov 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Demand for Bibles in China Reaches a Staggering 200 Million, Despite Heavy Persecution

Despite relentless persecution, the Christian community in China is thriving. Totaling around 100 million believers, and with hundreds of thousands being baptized annually, many experts predict that China will become the world’s most Christian nation by 2030. The staggering explosion of faith is, in part, down to the mass printing of Bibles. Indeed, China’s Amity…

Nov 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Priest feeds infant while proclaiming Gospel at baptism service

An Orthodox priest was captured by a professional photographer as he was feeding a baby girl while proclaiming the Gospel at the child’s baptism service at the Ascension of the Lord Church in Podu Olt, Brasov County. During the Baptism service, infants who are about to receive this great Sacrament of the Church can sometimes…

Nov 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Church and Colectiv club. What the mainstream media didn’t tell you in 2015

Four years have passed since a deadly blaze killed 64 and wounded 147 at the Colectiv rock club in Bucharest in 2015. The mainstream media wrote many stories about a lack of involvement of the Church in helping the victims, but there are several important details omitted until today. Among the first to arrive at…

Oct 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

A new kind of care for the elderly down on the farm: The Polish model

In Poland, more than 2 million elderly people live in rural areas – many of them alone. This in turn leads to isolation, social exclusion and declining health. Population ageing, migration of young people to cities and structural changes within families are just some of the things that have brought this situation about. To tackle isolation…

Oct 30, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

NBR: Numismatic issues dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – Queen Maria

The National Bank of Romania (NBR) will put into circulation, as of 28 October 2019, for numismatic purposes, gold and brass collector coins, along with a brass circulation coin, dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – Queen Maria. Obverse of the gold coin: image of King Ferdinand I and Queen Maria visiting the…

Oct 22, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Mount Athos: More than 250,000 pilgrims a year

The Agioritikes Grammes shipping company has had to launch a new boat to take pilgrims to Holy Mount Athos from Ouranoupolis as the number of pilgrims continues to grow, orthochristian reports. The company’s ninth ship heading to the Daphne port on Mt. Athos from Ouranoupolis has a capacity for 500 passengers and trucks, company president…

Oct 18, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

International Orthodox Christian Charities Launches Campaign for Children’s Programs in Syria

International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is launching a new fundraising campaign, aiming to raise $250,000 for programming that supports children and families who have survived trauma and tragedy in Syria. Children are among the millions affected by the conflict in Syria, including many displaced in their own country. Whether through exposure to violence or the…

Oct 17, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Promenade Marie de Roumanie inaugurated in Paris near the Eiffel Tower

The Promenade Marie de Roumanie, which is named after Romania’s Queen Marie, was inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday, October 15, within walking distance of the Eiffel Tour. The initiative to name a space in the capital of France after Queen Marie belonged to the Romanian Embassy in Paris, which, a year ago, sent the proposal…

Oct 17, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Russian Church opens 67th shelter for pregnant women, mothers in crises in Kaliningrad

The Russian Orthodox Church continues its social work and outreach for the protection of families, opening its 67th shelter for pregnant women and mothers in crises situations, this time in the Kaliningrad Province. The new shelter began its work recently at the Church of All Saints in Gusev, Kaliningrad. It can accommodate up to 8…

Oct 11, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

First ever National Conference on Pregnancy Crisis takes place in Romania

The first ever National Conference for Supporting Women in Pregnancy Crisis took place at the beginning of October at Caraiman Monastery in Bușteni, Prahova County. The conference was organized from October 4 to October 6 by the St Alexandra the Empress Counseling Centre and brought together 30 participants from all over Romania and the Republic…

Oct 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu